Cane car



R, FRICKE CANE CAR May 11 1926. 1,583,873

Fild oct. s, 192s vPatented May 11,1926.

ROBERT FRICKE, -oF'WAiPAHU, TERRITORY or HAWAII, AAssreivon or:ONE-FOURTH .f Y y r i .4158x873 L i UNiTED-jsrArss PATENT;OFElCa.

Y'ro ERNEST w.v GREENE, orl 'WAIPAHE carin', AND-onn-FQURTH rofwintmivre. if

HALL, or HoNoLuLufTERRIToRY or HAWAII'.

GANE` CAR.

applicati@ med october 5, 1925.'.y seriai ivo; eases. A

The invention relatesito improvements cars for transporting sugar cane" andthe like and has for its object to provide a car of the platform type having end walls, with longitudinal flexible connections between the upper corners of the end walls,v each'connection being provided withv a releasable cou-` pling intermediate Iits length, and, pendant flexible connections between the longitudi-` nal connections and the platform, said pend-V f ant connections being `spaced at intervals Vand preferably detachably. connected to the platform, said longitudinal andi-,pendant connections constituting the load retaining means at the sides of the platform car,

which facilitate the unloading of the car by releasing the couplings vin the longitudinal connections and permitting both the longi- Y load may be readily discharged.

tudinal and pendant connections 'to collapse toward the end ofthe car, thereby leaving .the entire side of the caropen, so that the The invention is illustrated in panying drawing, in which?,-

The figure is a side elevationlof the car. Referring to the drawing, l indicates the the accomlplatform of a car, of the general type employed in transporting cane and like commodities, which are customarily loaded in the harvest fields and conveyed to the mill or other point of deposit. The car is provided with end walls 2, which may be of the usual y 'type comprising corner posts and cross planking between the posts,the sides of the cars between the endvwalls being open'and unobstructed.

In cars of this general type, it has been customary to provide the sides with stakes' supported atintervals in Vstake pockets, or with hinged side walls adapted to be swung 'out to release the load. These types of cars have been found objectionable, when em-` ployed with the usual machine loaders, because of the size and weight ofthe bundles of cane or the like, which'are deposited by the machines on the cars. The present invention avoids the objections and difficulties incident to the so-called stake cars and box cars and provides a simple, light, strong and durable retaininof means, disposed onA each side of the car netween the end walls, as follows: Y Y

Flexible connectors, `preferably in the' form of chains 3 having detachable couf plings 5 vintermediate'l theirllengtlis, areE secured tothe'u-pper corners ofthe end" walls 2 of the car, preferably kby eyebolts" 4 pass-v ing through `they corner posts of the end l walls. One of these'longitudinal'connectors k3 isdisposed on each sidelof the car inthe manner shown, andconnected tothe longitudinal flexiblel members 8, at spaced intervals, are pendant flexible members 6, ,whichv are adaptedvto be connectedfat'their lower ends Ato the platform 1,'so that, when the lengitudinal',l and pendant'iexibleconne'ctions are normally vdisposed as illustrated plings intermediate,thelengths ofthe. longi'- c A -tu'dinal chains may be any of the approved releasable catches.l f y 'I5 It ispreferred that the lower ends of the pendant chains oi connectorsf be detach'-kk 1 ably connected tothe platform and, to this end, they may be conveniently provided with eyes 7 adapted to be slipped over the projecting ends of Vmetal cross bars 8 secured to the' platform land having openings in the endsthereof to -receive locking pins 9, which are-secured tothe platform byy chains l0. If desired, the means for securing the lower ends of the pendant chains 6 may be in the form .of a yreleasable rod ruiming lengthwise of the side of the platform, said rod being passed through the lower links or eyes on the ends of the pendantfchains and of the platform. v. l

As indicated, after the cai" has been loaded with heavy bundles ofcane, or the like,

and conveyed to the vunloading point, the. y

coupling 5 in oneor both ofthe longitudinal chains f3 is'cast loose,`thereby permitting the two sections ofthe longitudinal chain supported in suitable brackets on thev side n side door type, the cars are muchlighten than those commonly employed for the same purpose,lthe wear and tear on the chain construction willbe much lessthan on the other types of cars, when mechanical cane loaders are used, and, as the chai-ns are all permanently attached to the car, neither the chain sections nor their associated elements can'be lost or fall accidentally into the carrier and go into the mill, which is a difficulty coinmonly experienced with stake cars and the like. p y

y What I claim is l. A car forv transportingsugar cane and the like having end walls and open sides above the platform, longitudinal flexible members extending between and connected to the upper corners 'of the end Walls and having releasable'y couplings intermediate their lengths, and pendant flexible members extending between and connected to the longitudinal members and the platform.

2. A. car for transi'aorting sugary cane and the like having end walls and fopen sides above the platform, longitudinal .liexible members extending between and connected to the upper corners of the end walls and having releasable couplings intermediate their lengths, and pendant liexible membersy extending between and connected to the longitudinal members and the platform and releasably connected to the latter.

3. A carv for transporting sugarcane and the like having end walls and open sidesV above the platform, longitudinal chains eX- tending between andv connected to the upper corn-ers ofthe end walls and having releasable couplings intermediate their lengths, and pendant chains connected tothe longitudinal chains .extending to and connected with the platform. Y V 1 4. A car for transporting sugarcane and the like having end walls and open sides above the platform, longitudinal chainsextending between and connected to the upper corners of the end'walls and having releasable couplings intermediate their lengths, andpendant chains connected to the longitudinal chains extendingito and releasably connectedwith ythe platform. 'p

f 5. A platform car having end walls, gitudlinal chains extendingbetween the upper corners'of the-"end walls 'and having releasable couplings intermediate their lengths, pendant chains connected to said longitudinal c-liainsat spaced intervals, and means for securing the ends of the pendant chains to the platform.v

6. platform car hearing` 'end walls, longitudinal lcl'iain-s extending etween the upper corners of the end walls and having releasable couplings intermediate their lengths, pendant chains Vconnected to said ,longita dinal chains at spaced intervals, and means for releasably securing the ends of the pendant chains to the platform. v Y v In testimony whereof l affix my signature.

ROBERT' FRICKE. 

